[31 Days of Halloween – Day 3] I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978), or The Cinematic SCUM Manifesto

On 10/03/202110/05/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

The 31 Days of Halloween keeps rolling with I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) and its feminist legacy of castration.

[31 Days of Halloween – Day 2] AUDITION: Men Are Dogs

On 10/02/202110/05/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

31 Days of Halloween continues on Day 2 with a look at Takashi Miike's horrific AUDITION (1999).

[Fantasia 2021] Short Films: THUMB / NIGHT BUS

On 08/11/202108/19/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Two shorts: one involves a macabre mother-daughter relationship, the other concerns a couple revenge stories occurring at once.

TILL DEATH: Shedding the Old (Bloody) Ball and Chain

On 07/07/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Megan Fox carries TILL DEATH and the horrific trauma it heaps upon women.

HUNTER HUNTER: Men & Wolves & Women—Oh, My!

On 12/29/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

Some wolves lurk in the woods; others live among us.

[Fantasia 2020] Violent Class Divide & Bloody Justice in FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS

On 09/02/202009/03/2020 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Everybody's getting hunted down this Halloween. No exceptions.

WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! & Tragic Modern Violence in Wild West Masculinity

On 04/21/2020 By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Dark Comedy, Film, Horror, Kirill Sokolov, SplatterpunkLeave a comment

A neo-Western, without any West, that satirises and eviscerates the male need for revenge.

Creepshow 1×03: “All Hallows Eve/The Man in the Suitcase”

On 10/27/201910/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn Creepshow, David Bruckner, Horror, Horror Anthology, Season 1, ShudderLeave a comment

One tale of a revenge-filled Halloween, and another one about questions of morality + money.